During my visit a few days back in Mukuru slums at our NGO partner TENDO (let by our Making More Health fellow Sam Agutu) we had a great moment of joy together: we could celebrate the full certification of the first three hygiene products – a TENDO shampoo, a TENDO multipurpose detergent and a TENDO…
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Simple Knitting sessions can make a huge difference on your project plans and the final impact – listen and build trust first if you work with underserved communities
Many NGOs, but also governments and many companies invest in social and social entrepreneurial projects. Around the globe. Also in Africa, in informal settlements, in farming, in education. Digital platforms, health insurances, tree planting and water projects, women health projects of various kinds … all good. But how much time do we reallly invest to…
Health equity in informal settlements in Nairobi? A young woman shares about the gaps in healthcare and her way to become a nurse
Irene, a young women has grown up in Mukuru Slums, in Nairobi: A large area with hundreds of thousands of people living at and below the poverty line. Waste, informal settlements, illiteracy, teenage mothers and bad water conditions are just a few challenges… health equity is not existing. I have known Irene during a visit…
More Mental Well-being for young “acrobats” in Nairobi’s informal settlements
An outstanding, nearly cost- free, but very impactful and creative program for the mental well-being of children: acrobats lessons in Nairobi’s slum Mukuru Sinai. One of our 8 NGO partners, VICCO, runs many diverse projects to support youth and women in one of Kenya’s largest slum areas: from urban farming and nutrition to health and…
World Food Day – leave no one behind!
During the World Food today our local partner in Nairobi, the community based organisation VICCO in Mukuru slums led by Shakur Njeru, organized various activities. His organization supports underserved communities with urban farming in informal settlements, nutrition programs for children and elderly, women empowerment and shelter and a lot of programs for children and youth….
SCN Kenya leaders share about the network impact and innovative approaches to support underserved communities
2023 September, 11/12 During the Light Impact conference in Nairobi some of our System Changer Network (SCN) members shared in a panel session about the impact they could achieve through this innovative SCN model of collaboration. The SCN Kenya was launched in 2021, comprising 8 national NGOs/ social enterprises who work directly with underserved communities…
Raising a SMART generation! Empowering Kenya’s Youth
We are in the middle of a dedicated youth week in August 2023. A week for underserved children and teenagers in Kenya. Besides regular activities in CHW’s parents and youth center, health and mentoring lesson and many other activities with young people during the whole year, this week is a very particular one…
Gender equity and entrepreneurship training successfully completed!
News from our local NGO partner Core Health and Wealth in Bumgoma county in Western Kenya at Mbakalo ward: “We had a graduation ceremony for 173 people we trained in Gender and entrepreneurship. Six members of our CHW team was trained by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and certified as trainers in Gender and Entrepreneurship….
Biogas training started for our farmer communities in Bungoma county, Kenya – an important step to make more health happen!
Good health requires also access to energy We analyze regularly the different challenges our farmer communities and underserved families in Western Kenya to understand better the barriers to more health and to identify what needs to be done to bring in the right solutions at the right time. We measure also the impact of the…
First Aid trainings spread in our communities in Kenya
Our Making More Health Farmer Cooperatives in Western Kenya comprise ca 12000 farmers and their families. In average 8 people are part of each household. That’ about 100 000 people. The need for basic health and health prevention is very high. That’s why some months back one of our Boehringer employees, being a healthcare professional…
From cooking lessons to mental health – working with youth in slum areas
In the challenging environment of slum areas, where access to nutritious food is often limited, discussing food and nutrition becomes vital for the holistic development of children and teens. Like here in Mukuru Slums in Nairobi: “More than 1000 families living in Mukuru Slums have been impacted since we started the initiative ca. 18 months…
The MMH Basket of Love and dignity as driver of sustainable impact
The “MMH Basket of Love” is an initiative that helps the poorest with food. The very particular element in it is that the food is produced at our MMH farms by the local farmer cooperative members. Farmers who themselves struggled in the past to survive… “Especially in these months of June and July here in…
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